Was this plant root bound?

dexorated · #1 (**permalink**) 02-11-2007, 03:34 AM

I chopped down one of my girls today because she was very sick... didn't have any fan leaves left. Anyway I put a pic up of what the roots looked like and was wondering if the plant was rootbound or if it's normal for that many roots to be on the bottom?

Dirt King · #2 (**permalink**) 02-11-2007, 09:12 AM

I have no idea.

Do you think you may have under-watered? ... Causing the roots to go deeper and deeper, seeking water, finding little/nothing, then dying.

DataBass · #3 (**permalink**) 02-11-2007, 11:33 PM

This is what the bottom of my pots look like when I dump them, too. I don't have any glass covers or cooltubes on my lights, so it does stay in the upper 70's F. The "under watering" theory sounds reasonable so far to me.

dexorated · #4 (**permalink**) 02-12-2007, 01:05 AM

i guess it's possible that I underwatered. Does anybody think the container was just not big enough?

Ganja Guerrilla · #5 (**permalink**) 02-12-2007, 01:31 AM

thats not root bound

mordgrow · #6 (**permalink**) 02-12-2007, 02:11 AM

most plants look like that when they've been in a pot for a while, you can grow a 2ft plant out of a plastic party cup.. heh, but the bigger the root structure the healther and bigger the plant will be

CFLdorm · #7 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 02:19 AM

ive only seen plants get about 4" tall in party cup before the fan leaves go. root bound plants usually have very tight circles running at the bottom, yours doesnt seem to have that..

young_city · #8 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 05:29 AM

i don't think so because my plant was rootbound, and its roots were growing back up the side of the pot when i finally realized it and transplanted it.

jonster · #9 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by CFLdorm

ive only seen plants get about 4" tall in party cup before the fan leaves go. root bound plants usually have very tight circles running at the bottom, yours doesnt seem to have that..

^^^this is an exact description of what rootbound is... development has lots of small tight circles of individual roots on the bottom, once it's reached full development half the container will be roots entangled

fatbob166 · #10 (**permalink**) 02-14-2007, 02:57 AM

Definately not root bound, just maybe a bit of a drainage issue. I like to put a couple inches of perlite in the bottom of my containers. If the soil doesn't drain well, especially in bigger containers, then the moisture at the bottom of the pot will always be present, and the roots will grow towards, and hang out down there. How was you plant sick? Do you have any pictures of it when it was alive? It'd be easier to see what was wrong with it, then you could make adjustments for the future.

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#1 (permalink) 02-11-2007, 03:34 AM
dexorated Registered Stoner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: the golden state Posts: 686	Was this plant root bound? I chopped down one of my girls today because she was very sick... didn't have any fan leaves left. Anyway I put a pic up of what the roots looked like and was wondering if the plant was rootbound or if it's normal for that many roots to be on the bottom?

#2 (permalink) 02-11-2007, 09:12 AM
Dirt King Who Flung Poo? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Slutton, where there are sluts. Posts: 638	I have no idea. Do you think you may have under-watered? ... Causing the roots to go deeper and deeper, seeking water, finding little/nothing, then dying. __________________ <A HREF="URL" onMouseOver="window.status='...Im a walking drug, go ahead, lick my brain...'; return true" <P><IMG SRC="http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/52611homerheadache.gif"></A>

#3 (permalink) 02-11-2007, 11:33 PM
DataBass Armon Tanzarian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 145	This is what the bottom of my pots look like when I dump them, too. I don't have any glass covers or cooltubes on my lights, so it does stay in the upper 70's F. The "under watering" theory sounds reasonable so far to me.

#4 (permalink) 02-12-2007, 01:05 AM
dexorated Registered Stoner Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: the golden state Posts: 686	i guess it's possible that I underwatered. Does anybody think the container was just not big enough?

#5 (permalink) 02-12-2007, 01:31 AM
Ganja Guerrilla www.ganjaguerrilla.net Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,822	thats not root bound

#6 (permalink) 02-12-2007, 02:11 AM
mordgrow BUSTED Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: BUSTED Posts: 1,557	most plants look like that when they've been in a pot for a while, you can grow a 2ft plant out of a plastic party cup.. heh, but the bigger the root structure the healther and bigger the plant will be __________________ I got busted because I didnt have a good filter. DONT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE

#7 (permalink) 02-13-2007, 02:19 AM
CFLdorm Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 194	ive only seen plants get about 4" tall in party cup before the fan leaves go. root bound plants usually have very tight circles running at the bottom, yours doesnt seem to have that..

#8 (permalink) 02-13-2007, 05:29 AM
young_city Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 42	i don't think so because my plant was rootbound, and its roots were growing back up the side of the pot when i finally realized it and transplanted it. __________________ "I am societies child, this is how they made me, and now im sayin what's on my mind and they dont want that. This is what you made me America. So deal with it" Makaveli

#10 (permalink) 02-14-2007, 02:57 AM
fatbob166 God_Bud Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 553	Definately not root bound, just maybe a bit of a drainage issue. I like to put a couple inches of perlite in the bottom of my containers. If the soil doesn't drain well, especially in bigger containers, then the moisture at the bottom of the pot will always be present, and the roots will grow towards, and hang out down there. How was you plant sick? Do you have any pictures of it when it was alive? It'd be easier to see what was wrong with it, then you could make adjustments for the future.

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